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Audition Information for the 2023 Script Development Festival
TSGP is seeking actors to fill roles in 3 plays that will be part of our 2023 Script Development Festival. Auditions will be entirely based on video submissions and availability. Callbacks will be held on an as-needed basis.
Actors with identities that have been historically underrepresented are particularly encouraged to audition.
Key production dates and components:
Participate in one Zoom-based readthrough of the script 2-4 weeks prior to the week of the workshop rehearsals.
Participate in a one week workshop including 4 evenings of rehearsal or up to 12 hours of rehearsal the week of the workshop performance led by a Seattle-based director
A final table-reading performance with an audience followed by a facilitated Critical Response Process
All in-person rehearsals will be at the MLK FAME Center, 3201 E. Republican St., Seattle WA 98112
See information about the individual scripts below for specific workshop dates.
Compensation:
$75.00 per role played
Goals of Development Festival (In Case you were wondering!)
to provide time and space for playwrights to hear a work in progress aloud.
to practice using the Liz Lerman Critical Response Process as a tool for creating creative agency for playwrights and for offering usable inquiry-based feedback for playwrights.
to share unique stories from underheard artists with audience members in Seattle, through in-person participation, and with audience members elsewhere, through Zoom participation.
to build connections between playwrights in Seattle and elsewhere with the Seattle theatre community, including directors and actors.
COVID Safety Information:
All cast, crew and staff for in-person productions and activities conducted by The Shattered Glass Project are required to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, for the safety of all participants. You will be required to provide proof of vaccination to be considered for casting. Questions may be addressed to info@shatteredglassproject.org
Play #1 - Glitter Bracelets by Nay Harris, directed by Alexandria J. Henderson
Key Dates:
Zoom readthrough: Monday, February 13th starting at or after 1:30 p.m. or Sunday, February 19th, at 12 noon.
Workshop Rehearsals: March 6-9, 2023
Performance: March 10, 2023, 7 p.m.
Synopsis:
Meet Pixie and Angela; Pixie’s obsessions include hot cocoa, playing with people’s hair and cutting herself. Angela’s obsessions are making lists, finishing school, and swearing she’s fine. They battle mental illness, self-harm and old anxieties as they fight to love and care for one another, but shit hits the fan on their 10-month anniversary. A play that asks if it’s truly possible to help anyone if you spend most of your time/energy ignoring your own pain?
CONTENT INFORMATION:
Themes include self-harm and negative bodily image; and discussions of suicide/suicide ideation. There is a graphic depiction of self-harm and Trichotillomania.
Available Roles
Angela Assata Walker: Black lesbian, 22, a bit of a stud. Studying to become a professor (African-American Studies and Sociology). Has long locs and wears glasses, a lot of sweater vests and bowties (because they’re cool). She tries her hardest to not be anxious, but one’s hardest isn’t always enough.
Charlene “Pixie” Brown: 20, small (5’1). Femme lesbian, she has a pixie cut, loves long, swishy skirts and glitter. A hair-washer at a salon, she loves playing with people’s hair. Almost child-like with a heavy heart that tries its best to be light. *The actor for Pixie should also play Grace Henderson (Angela’s ex-girlfriend)
Gina: Black, 21. Pixie’s best friend since preschool. Hairdresser at the salon Pixie works at. Confident and chill about it. Knows exactly how deep Pixie’s scars run. *The actor for Gina should also play the Barista
RAE: any race, ethnicity. Timeless, gender-nonconforming being who’s poetic and charming when they’re in control. Not completely of this world, but also very much ingrained in humanity. A personification of self-destructive tendencies, they spend most of their time with Pixie since she’s the only one who really notices/can hear them, though RAE can usually be seen in the background somewhere. *The actor for RAE should also play Sharon Lockley (Angela’s best friend)
Play #2 - A Witness by Jordan Elizabeth Henry, directed by Rebecca O’Neil
Key Dates:
Zoom readthrough: tentatively scheduled for February 12, 10 a.m.-12 noon
Workshop Rehearsals: March 13-16, 2023
Performance: March 17, 2023, 7 p.m.
Synopsis:
As the 6 month anniversary of her brother’s death nears, hospice nurse Billie begins seeing a new patient: Chuck, a woman in the last stages of ALS. Chloe, a recently-sober addict who has returned to town after a year, tries to help Nathan, Kosmo's partner, navigate a spell of major depression as Des, a local artist, demands answers about her relationship with Nathan.
Content Information:
This show is recommended for ages 14 & up and includes adult language, discussions of assisted suicide and Death with Dignity, terminal illness, and alcoholism and drug addiction.
Available Roles:
Billie she/her, 30s, any ethnicity - Billie is Autistic/on the autism spectrum and should be played by a neurodiverse actor.
Nathan he/him, 30s, any ethnicity - Nathan is Autistic/on the autism spectrum and should be played by a neurodiverse actor.
Des she/her, 30s, any ethnicity
Chloe she/her, 20s, any ethnicity
Play #3 - Rockhound by Karen Saari, directed by Cindy Geise French
Key Dates:
Zoom readthrough: February 11 or February 19, 10 a.m.-12 noon
Workshop Rehearsals: March 20-23, 2023
Performance: March 24, 2023, 7 p.m.
Synopsis:
Rain, a lonely widow, has a growing addiction to painkillers and forms a close bond with her kind but unstable nephew Caleb who is fighting his own demons.
CONTENT INFORMATION:
This show is recommended for ages 14 & up and includes adult language, discussions of mental health and neurodiversity, and depictions of drug addiction.
Available Roles:
Caleb Peterson: 34-year old mixed race male, born to a white mother. Caleb is Rain’s nephew. He is kind and well-intentioned but has always felt like an outsider. He is dealing with his ADHD and meth addiction alone. He finds comfort in creative expression that no one has ever encouraged.
Audition Sign-up:
What do you need to complete the audition submission?
a recording of a one minute monologue from a contemporary American script
a photo or a headshot of yourself
a resume or a summary of your theatrical experience
Please have all your submission elements ready before you start filling out the form.
Fill out the form and provide a shared link to the audition video on the Google Form at https://forms.gle/oHsuxbszp1jeZyB97